{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-3-105","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-3-105","heading":"Person serving process -- penalty for obstruction -- exception.","body":"(1) A process server registered under Title 37, chapter 60, a licensed attorney, or a sheriff, constable, coroner, elisor, or other government employee who is acting in the course of the person's employment while serving process is a public servant for the purpose of determining the offense of obstructing a public servant as provided in 45-7-302.\n(2) A person who obstructs a person serving process is guilty of obstruction of a public servant and is punishable as provided in 45-7-302.\n(3) An unregistered person who serves 10 or fewer services of process in a calendar year, as provided in 25-1-1101(1), is not acting as a public servant.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 3. SERVICE OF PROCESS AND OTHER PAPERS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0050/0250-0030-0010-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:00Z","sha256":"3dda7ed69100c7c76a6c4a6eb687c34d5e2e710653da6c9a6e789d729ec77268","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-3-102","next":"us-mt/25-3-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}